Deadweight, Paul Forster
Deadweight, Paul Forster
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Deadweight

Author: Paul Forster

Series: Deadweight #1

Narrator: Mark Rice-Oxley

Unabridged: 7 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Paul Forster

Published: 06/03/2020


Synopsis

It was hailed as the answer to the obesity epidemic; a pill that allows you to eat anything you like and still lose weight. Millions were attracted by the promise of a leaner, fitter body, but there was a fatal and unforeseen flaw in this new panacea. A tiny microbe, lurking within, slowly infects the users. In turn they pass the infection to others with a sneeze, a cough or a simple kiss, and before long tens of millions are infected and turned into mindless, shambling wrecks, with the sole purpose of existing to eat. The virus is rampant, reaching into every corner of the globe. Governments collapse and shut down, unable to contain the outbreak, while the army works hard against the unending assault in a desperate bid to stop the dead from total victory. But there are even greater dangers to be faced. A few unfortunate souls suffer with the hunger of the dead but the mind of the living. They are neither dead nor alive, but something in between; something far more dangerous to the surviving humans. And amidst this carnage of the end of the world, in the south east of England, a small group of survivors are fighting on, against all the odds, as they try to stay one step in front of the dead, trying to avoid being the next item on the menu. The question is, in a world now claimed by the dead, what will they have to do to survive?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stitching on April 11, 2025

This book started out strong. I quite liked the initial POVs but as the story went on things got rough and unpolished. I liked the idea of this book, a miracle weight loss drug causes the zombie apocalypse (fatphobia kills, y'all). Spoilers ahead. There are different kinds of infected people in the s......more

Goodreads review by Cherise Isabella on March 26, 2025

4.5 🌟 rounded up for Goodreads. You can’t trust people when everything goes to shit. You don’t want to be relying on people you don’t know. I've had this book on my Kindle since 2023. I snagged it when it was a freebie on Amazon. Yesterday, I was scrolling through my Kindle and finally decided t......more

Goodreads review by Adam on November 09, 2024

Typical zombie book just with a different spin on how it started. Decent to be honest, not the best but worth reading. Next one here I come.......more

Goodreads review by Lorna on February 28, 2021

Pleasant find! After finishing another zombie series I found a lot of other books of this type not as gripping but I came across this and found the storyline quite intriguing as a new diet pill the cause of the zombie apocalypse. With a few shocks of some characters finding their end and a take on th......more

Goodreads review by Emilio on April 13, 2020

I felt like there was a lot going on that it Was a little hard to get into but once I started going I was hooked. liked the characters but not so much the ending A good story overall but alot of unanswered questions and misunderstandings I didn’t get??......more